Commentary: What if Obama disobeys the law on another Gitmo release?

5:35 PM,
Jun. 10, 2014

Written by

Byron York

We've all heard that the law requires the administration to give Congress 30 days notice before releasing prisoners from the U.S. terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - a provision the White House willfully ignored in the recent release of five Taliban commandos in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

But the law - specifically the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - requires much more than that. Congress did not intend for the president to give lawmakers a simple heads-up. Instead, the House and Senate ordered that any such 30-day notification must ...